Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 240, 20 August 1917 — Page 1

LABIUM VOL. XLII..NO. 240- ganiauan?Mani1o7Sun-Telegram RICHMOND, IND , MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1917. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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NEED POLICE MATRON, NOT CITY JODGE, SAYS CRITIC

Woman Asks Citizens to Assert Their Rights Before Council and Demand Changes. HITS RIGHT AND LEFT BY A WOMAN CRITIC The mayor of our city has many times expressed the wish that the people of the city would take greater public interest in the operation of public affairs, as the council chamber and all sessions of our common council are open at every meeting to the public. Now I have talked to a great many people on the subjects that have lately been up before our council and I will try in this Bhort space to give you the general opinion. When I asked them if they will come to the council meeting they.hang back and say, "Oh, I don't like to go up there is seems so out of place for a woman." or they dislike the publicity or the men haven't time all excuses that don't amount to anything as far as real interest is concerned. Don't Wait for Others. Don't wait for some one else to make the start, do the starting yourself. Let some one else see that you are not afraid to express the opinion which you consider is for your good and the good of yur timid neighbor as well. I have been to the council meetings several times and while I can't give the members of our city council credit for doing anything worth while, still I am wiser for the going. Try one meeting, the next one if at all possible, and see if you don't learn something. The paper in which this article appears has nothing to do with this piece, only the publication. Attitude of Council. The city council asks for the opinion of the public on questions that are put before the council to act upon and pass or vote down. The people take no interest because when their opinion is expressed and put up to the council, it is either voted down or "butchered" and passed .In such a form that the old ordinance was as good as the new. We all know just what they done for us on the Municipal Market ordinance and again on the adjusting of the regular market ordinance which was to benefit the people. Public Benefitted. That was all for the people's good and it still stands In the same shape. The public not benefitted one bit and the gardener and commission men are still holding up up. See what the women in Bloomington, Ind., did. We could do the same if we would just hold together. Our city council is running things to suit themselves and the man that has the money and not caring one iota for the benefit of the working class and the general public. There is something wrong somewhere. Find it, by expressing yourself don't be afraid, no one will hurt you. The market ordinances were what we needed and didn't get. Don't Need City Judge. Now here are several things we don't need and will get or have already through the blundering of someone else. There is absolutely no need of our having a City Judge or at least we do not need one that will do nothing else and get $1200.00 per year for about 350 hours work, for that is just about what the time averages that Is used for police court work and other cases. Criminal cases that are brought to the Continued On Page Three. PETAIN VISITS AMERICAN CAMP AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN FRANCE. Aug. 20. General Petaln, Commander in Chief of the French armies, yesterday visited Major General Joohn J. Pershing, spending the entire day in the American training area. After the visit General Petaln said he was much impressed and convinced that the American troops soon would become an excellent fighting force. General Pershing will proceed to the front In several days. Do Yourr-J '-i Join the Bit Now Red Cross WEATHER FORECAST For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Showers and cooler in north; fair in south portion tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. Today's Temperature Noon S5 Yesterday Maximum 88 Minimum 52 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Local thundershowers and cooler. General Conditions Warm weather continuesover the Ohio valley and the central states. A cool wave over Lake Superior is moving southward and will cause cool weather here tonightor Tuesday. There are heavy rains in parts of Texas and In the the plains nates.

City's War Gardens Are Being Robbed

The lowest kind of a thief has been found. He is the man who goes into Richmond's "war" gardens, after months of hard work has produced some sign of a successful venture, and steals the corn, cabbage, and other garden products. Chief McNally announced Monday morning that every effort is being made to catch the thieves that have been robbing gardens and Mayor Robbins said he intends to deal strictly with them if brought into court. James Woods, colored, was fined $10 and costs in Police court Monday morning, after pleading guilty to robbing a "war" garden of a quantity of sweet corn. RUSSELL SEES WORLDJ.EAGUE Rev. Elbert Russell, head of the Woolman school at Swarthmore, Pa., who preached the morning sermon at the West Richmond Friends meeting Sunday, foresees a world federation after the war, towhich loyalty will be rated above patriotism. Russell, who was for many years head of the biblical department of Earlham college and pastor of the West Richmond meeting, is delivering lectures before Teachers' Institutes in the middle west, and stopped in Richmond for the day. In his sermon he spoke of the growth of the ideal of loyalty from the time when loyalty to family was considered the highest virtue, through other stages to theh idea of loyalty to state which culminated in the Civil war, and the loyalty to nation after that struggle. "World conditions of the last three or four years have shown us that loyalty to a nation, and national patriotism, are not enough," he said. "It was evident to the European nations In the nineteenth century that it was not enough, and as a result we had the triple entente and the triple alliance. "Just as we have found that loyalty to state and nation are not enough, we must look forward to a world federation. Being loyal to it will not in any sense mean being disloyal to one's country. Greatest Fleet of Destroyers Sought by Naval Secretary WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Immediate expansion of building facilities of the United States to double or treble the outpu,t of destroyers during the next 18 months was the object of a conference today between Secretary Daniels and representatives or 25 or more ship and engine builders. "If we get what we want," the secretary said, "the United States will have nvre destroyers than any other power. They are the one thing that a submarine fears." DRAFT OFFICERS GET TWO YEARS NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Dr. S. J. Benfeld and Louis I Cherey, indicted members of exemption board No. 99, todayentered pleas of guilty to a charge of conspiring to obstruct the draft law, when they were about to be placed on trial. They were sentenced to two years each in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Kalam Gruher, not a member of the board, but indicted with them on the same charge, elected to stand trial.

Enough Richmond Men in Khaki To Complete One Company's Roll

Tl Richmond has enough men serving their Uncle Sam to form one company of soldiers if they were brought together. But there is no chance of them being brought together for they are scattered over all parts of the country and will probably never meet each other. Reports to the Palladium from proud mothers and fathers who have sons In their country's service are continuing to be received. But there are still many more to be heard from in the county. Any home in the county which has given up a son or relative for Uncle Sam's use in the greatest of all wars is asked to send his name to the Palladium so that his name may be placed on the honor roll. Paul H. Skinner, son of William Skinner, 321 North Eighteenth street, enlisted in May and is now serving in the quartermaster's corps stationed at Fort Snelling, Minn. Claude Evans Waldo, whose home is in Chester, Ind., enlisted June 1, and is serving in Company F. 10th Infantry, of the regular army stationed at Fort Harrison. Harold W. Scott, 23 years old, son of D. W. Scott, Asylum avenue, Is a second lieutenant in the field artillery and will probably be sent to France soon. David I. Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Hoover of, Spring Grove, enlisted in the Inrantry on May 2 and is now in a hospital at Fort Douglas Ntalla, near Salt Lake City. He has been confined to the hospital since June 6, and is now recovering from a severe illness due to pneumonia. Mural McKinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McKinney, north of Cen-

BENEDICTS GET CHANCE TO SHOW VVIFPSJTATUS Army Board Extends Time for Married Men to Prove Dependency.

Final action on claims for exemption filed with the Richmond . National army board on the grounds of a de pendent wife will be deferred until next Wednesday it was announced by Chairman Carr. This is done to give those married men who were passed temporarily by the board to present further proof of their wife's dependency. By a ruling made by the board, all married men, whose only grounds for exemption were their wives' dependency, were passed, but in some cases it has been found that the wife is unable to sup port herself, or has no other means of support. It is for these cases that the extentlon of time has been granted. Not Certified Yet. None of the married men that were passed have been certified to the district board yet, but this probably will be done after Wednesday. Monday is the last day for filing proof In support of exemption claims and there still are several claims that have no supporting proofs. If these are not in today, the board probably will pass the claimant as accepted and certify him to the dis trict board. Several cases were heard Monday, but no positive action on any was taken by the board. RECORD NUMBER OF TENTERS SEEN THE PROGRAM Monday Night. 7:15 p. m. Alice Louise Shrode, "The Child Wonder." 8:00 p. m. Grand Concert, Oxford Operatic Co. TUESDAY 9:00 a. m. Rev. J. G. Benson. 10:00 a. m. William Lyon Phelps. 11:00 a. m. Miss Colbert. "The Interests of Childhood." 2.00 p. m. William Phelps. 3:00 p. m. Signor S. Bellino, The Accordian King. 7:00 p. m. Prelude, Bejlino. 8:00 p. m. "Anthony and Cleopatra," 8 reels, direct from the studio of Mr. George Kleine, of Chicago. Campers were .putting .the finishing touches on their" tents at the Chautauqua grounds Monday In preparation of their fifteen day stay under canvass. -With nearly 275 tents up and occupied it is believed the attendance this year will be the largest yet. A record breaking number of tickets have been sold and Sunday's crowd was the largest ever attending the opening numbers. More than 1,200 persons attended the Monday afternoon numbers and heard Dr. William Lyon Phelps, of Yale university, who has an international reputation as an authority on literature, speak on the modern novel and modern writers. Alice Louise Shrode, the child wonder of the Chautauqua stage, also gave a reading. This Groom flad No Fears of the Draft Fear of being drafted for the army did not prompt Elijah Kenworthy, a resident of Lewisburg, O., to obtain a marriage license to marry Emma A. Heller, of Richmond. Kenworthy gave the year of his birth as 1840, making him 77 years old. His bride is ten years younger. Both parties have been marled before. Send Soldiers' Names The Palladium wants to know the name of every man In Richmond and Wayne county who is serving his country. Do you have a son, or brother or any relatives In the service? If his home is in any part of Wayne county, send his name, age and branch of the service he Is in, together with the names of his parents to the Palladium, so that his name may be placed on the honor roll. terville, is in the signal corps stationed at" Fort Leavenworth, Kas. Clyde B. Lundy, of Centerville, Is a sergeant in the medical corps located at Fort Thomas, Ky. He is a brother of E. R. Lundy of the Second National bank of Richmond. Owen R. Webb, 21 years old, enlisted in July and is serving in the first Indiana infantry stationed at Fort Harrison. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Webb. 130 North Seventh street. Robert G. Hodgin, 32 years old, son of Mrs. L. E. Hodgin, is now on his way to France, according to his mother. He is a corporal in the coast artillery, and has been in the service for six years. Cecil A. Spillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. ,H. Spillman, 404 Southwest Fifth street, is with Company I, third Ohio infantry stationed at Chillicothe, O. He is 19 years old and enlisted in May.

Charles. Dana Weatherman Moore Sees Cooler Wave Temporary relief from the hot weather is predicted by Weatherman Moore for tonight or Tuesday. This will be cauaedd fcy a cool wave-from the" lakeegiojuubut this relief-win not last ion RECORD CROP OF CORN IN DANGER The best and biggest corn crop In the history of Wayne county will be partly ruined unless heavy rains fall during this week, according to Joseph Helms, of Cambridge City, one of the "corn kings" of Indiana. Corn already has started to fire at the bottom due to the lack of rain, he said. With heavy rains during the week he estimated that the yield per acre in the county would be fifty bushels or over, ten bushels above the usual yield. Helms Is recognized as an authority In the judging of corn and other grains. He will act as judge of grains and vegetables at the Connersville fair which starts Tuesday. TIDAL WAVE IN ALASKAN INLET JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 20. News reached here today with the arrival of the body of one victim of a tidal wave in Taku inlet last Thursday which may have claimed the lives of several others, besides doing considerable damage to the fishing fleet. The wave was said to be due to the breaking of a huge dead glacier and a cave in from a live glacier. No such Ice disturbances are known to have taken place here and it Is feared that many other of the fishing boats and their crews were lost. It is believed by many here that the series of earthquakes which traversed the Alaska coast early in July of this year were partly responsible for the upheaval. 80.000 HOMELESS FOLLOWING FIRE LONDON, Aug. 20. More than half the city of Saloniki, in Greek Macedonia which ia under occupation by the entente allied troops was desroyed by fire on Saturday. 80,000 people, who were rendered homeless, were being removed to theneighboring villages last evening, according to a dispatch received In London. . The fire is now under control. GETS $17.50 FOR HOGS Bus Bennett was. in from the John Smeltzer farm this morning with two wagon loads of hogs. These were sold at $17.50 per hundred. Saturday, bogs sold hsre for $18.

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FRENCH TAKE OFFENSIVE ON 11 -MILE FRONT AT VERDUN

(By Associated Press) The French took the offensive this morning on the Verdun front striking along a sector of eleven miles on both banks of the Meuse river. Early official reports from Paris while giving few details of the battle say that it has developed to the advantage of the French and that prisoners already are passing to the rear. The first reports do not show whether the French have inaugurated a major offensive, although the indications are that the operation is an unusually important one. There has been sharp fighting recently on the Verdun front which has been the scene of some of the most sanguinary struggles of the war. 'k ' It was in this sector that the German crown prince launched an offensive early last year in an attempt to break the French line, losing several hundred thousand men without gaining any material advantages. Last week the Germans made a sharp local attack there, posibly having learned of the French preparation and hoping to break them up. Terrific Bombardment. For several days the French have been conducting a terrific bombardment of the German lines. In the north the Germans made counter attacks on the positions taken yesterday by the British near Epehy. London reports that the assault was repulsed completely. The British line on the Kaiser Likes His High Seas Fleet AMSTERDAM, Aug. 20. At the conclusion of his visit to the German high sea fleet at Wilhelmshaven, Emperor William issued the following to the fleet: . ' After having recently received an announcement that a renewed attack of the enemy to break up our sea front in Flanders had been successfully repulsed, I have today by a visit to my fleet and the island fortress of Helg1 nd been enabled to convince myself of the strength and security of this i:oint, too. I express my warm appreciation to all the high sea forces on the water, underwater, and In the air, and to the fortress of Helgoland, for their untiring, self-sacrificing and successful labor, by means of which they have kept firmly in view and attained this aim. May the fleet remain conscious that the confidence of myself and the fatherland repose firmly on It. The Emparor distributed a number of iron crosses. His visit is reported to have been caused by the threat of strikers at the Wilhelmshaven arsenal. BELGIAN 'MISSION GUEST OF PHILADELPHIA OFFICIALS PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20. Members of the Belgian mission, headed by Baron Moncheur, were guests of the city today for several hours. The envoys were met at the railroad station by a committee headed by Mayor Smith and escorted to the BellevueStratford hotel where they were tendered a reception and luncheon. Leading citizens including the mayor and his cabinet were present. Later the distinguished visitors went on a sightseing tour of the city. They planned to leave for New York tonight.

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Ypres front has been advanced slight ly. Italians Advance. Heavy fighting is in progress on the Italian front. The Austrian war office announced today that a general of fenslve has ben inaugurated by the Italians on a 37 mile front from the region of Tolmlno to a point near the Adriatic. The Italian official state ment of yesterday did not mention the attack but press dispatches from Rome today speak of the new Italian advance and say the situation for Austria is grave. Another great aerial raid over Bel gium was made by British airplanes on Saturday night. Many tons of bombs were dropped on various objectives The British airplanes returned safely after a battle with German machines, one of which was shot down. New Pastor Holds . First Service Here Rev. Andrew F. Mitchell, new pas tor of the South Eighth Street Friends' meeting preached his first sermon In the Richmond church Sunday morn ing. Rev. Mr. Mitchell will be in Rich mond permanently, although his family has not yet arrived. . He is the guest of Benjamin Johnson. Rev. Francis C. Anscombe, who left the South Eighth Street church to become pastor of a Baltimore meeting, left for his new work Thursday morning. IRON RECORDS BROKEN. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. All records for iron production in the United States were broken in 1917 when the output reached a total of 75,167,672 gross tons, valued at aproximately $180,000,000, acording to figures issued by the geological survey today. This was an increase In quantity of 19,600,000 gross tons and of forty per cent in value over 1915.

Farmers Sell $19,642 Worth of Stock at Glen Yards Saturday

Farmers took $19,642.90 home with them from Richmond Saturday. This represents what the Glen Miller Stock yards paid for live stock marketed on that day. It was the largest amount paid on one day in the history of the market. Nine car loads were shipped, and the money paid to the farmers is a record for the thirty years that Gaar and Shurley have been buying live stock here. Shipments Are Heavy The continued advance in the price of hogs brpught heavy shipments, including 454 hogs, 16 cattle, 84 spring lambs and 44 veal calves. Honor for the largest delivery last week wentjto Mrs. Miller and her tenant William Culbertson, who had 88 hogs, averaging 258 each, which sold Thursday for $17.25 a hundred, netting $3,893.32. They received $516.60 for five cattle. Peter Flatley of Webster township

COUNTY MAY PUT FERRETS ON TRAIL OF TAX DODGERS

Commissioners to Ask Council to Give $25,000 for Ex-, penses of . Sleuthing on Property Owners. EXPECT BIG RETURNS: When the Wayne county councils meets next month to approDrlate money, it will be asked by the commissloners to legalize the hiring of a "tax ferret" In Wayne county, by the' appropriation of $25,000. It is the belief of the county com missioners that there is a large amount of taxable property belonging to Wayne county residents on which no return has been made. In other counties In the state where a collector has been hired. It has proved to be a source of considerable income to the county. Paid From Results. No money will be paid to the "ferrets" until the taxes collected from ferreted property are paid Into the treasurer's office. The agency that will conduct the work has agreed to work on a basis of 35 percent of all taxes paid as a result ' of their efforts. "The county commissioners are of the opinion that the county will profit by the undertaking," County Auditor Bowman said Monday. "There cannot be any loss to the taxpayers, while in eight counties In Indiana where it has been tried out recently there has been a considerable gain." Fox Trot Is Back Number Now-Latest Is Jazz and Toddle NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Efforts to compose differences between the Inner Circle, the so-called "Advocates of up-to-the-minute dancing" and the American National Association of Masters of Dancing will be made when the association opens Its annual convention lh this city Wednesday, according to G. Hepburn Wilson, Read of the Inner Circle, which opened its convention here today. Mr. Wilson says his organization regards the fox trot and the one-step as "dances of a bygone age," and will endeavor to impress the association with the Interpretative value of the ramble, the Jazz dance and the toddle, which he says are the latest creations In the terpsichorean art. In previous convention the association has denounced the BO-called "latest dances" and announced its preference for the minuet, the polka, the two-step and other dances of the older school. WEST SIDERS ASK FOR BOARD WALK Residents of West Richmond, "who use the temporary bridge over the Whitewater river at Main street, presented a petition to the board of public works Monday asking that a board walk be built between the two bridges and from the east bridge to the sidewalk at First and Main street. Except on the' bridges proper, there are no walks across the driveway for pedestrians and in wet weather. It Is extremely difficult to. cross the river without being splashed by passing automobiles. The petition also asked that a board be placed at the side of the walk to keep automobiles from splashing mud on the walk. The matter was referred to the city engineer, and it is probable that some action will be taken soon. It will be impossible, however to build a board walk along the road way from the east bridge to the sidewalk at Main street, as -it would Interfere with the construction of the new bridge. received $1,764.65 for 56 light hogs, celling at $17 a hundred. List of Deliveries Deliveries in smaller lots : Harry Steen, Ollie Hodgin, William Best, R. G. Leeds, Earl Gilllland, Earl Smith, J. P. Bishop, Dick Comvay. Gus Winters, George Hollingsworth, Ora Wright, Frank Simpkins, Charles Gunn, Joe Meyers, John Flatley, Walter Farlow, Charles Dagler, William Beeson, Charles Dalrlmple, William Roberts, Mahlon Lanard, H. W. Wills, John Crowe, Frank Huffman, Harvey Maddock, Sherman Fox, James Duft field, D. P. Kitchell, J. E. Davenport. Frank Burg, Miles Shute, C. A. Gaar, Carl Call, D. F. Gard, Joe Parker, O. M. Jennings, R. H. Price, George Dixon, C. Hartman, John Call, E. H. Carmon, Ed. Cloyd, Scott Edwards, Bert Hunt, iiayian vvngni, iaaries Wilson, M. J. Wiley, T. Fitswatter, Riley Hubbard, Monroe Reese, Harry Moor.